Skeletal Muscle Microvascular Changes in Response to Short-Term Blood Flow Restricted Training: Exercise-Induced Adaptations and Signs of Perivascular Stress
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Skeletal Muscle Microvascular Changes in Response to Short-Term Blood Flow Restricted Training : Exercise-Induced Adaptations and Signs of Perivascular Stress. / Nielsen, Jakob L; Frandsen, Ulrik; Jensen, Kasper Y; Prokhorova, Tatyana A; Dalgaard, Line B; Bech, Rune D; Nygaard, Tobias; Suetta, Charlotte; Aagaard, Per.
I: Frontiers in Physiology, Bind 11, 556, 2020.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Skeletal Muscle Microvascular Changes in Response to Short-Term Blood Flow Restricted Training
T2 - Exercise-Induced Adaptations and Signs of Perivascular Stress
AU - Nielsen, Jakob L
AU - Frandsen, Ulrik
AU - Jensen, Kasper Y
AU - Prokhorova, Tatyana A
AU - Dalgaard, Line B
AU - Bech, Rune D
AU - Nygaard, Tobias
AU - Suetta, Charlotte
AU - Aagaard, Per
N1 - Copyright © 2020 Nielsen, Frandsen, Jensen, Prokhorova, Dalgaard, Bech, Nygaard, Suetta and Aagaard.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Aim: Previous reports suggest that low-load muscle exercise performed under blood flow restriction (BFR) may lead to endurance adaptations. However, only few and conflicting results exist on the magnitude and timing of microvascular adaptations, overall indicating a lack of angiogenesis with BFR training. The present study, therefore, aimed to examine the effect of short-term high-frequency BFR training on human skeletal muscle vascularization. Methods: Participants completed 3 weeks of high-frequency (one to two daily sessions) training consisting of either BFR exercise [(BFRE) n = 10, 22.8 ± 2.3 years; 20% one-repetition maximum (1RM), 100 mmHg] performed to concentric failure or work-matched free-flow exercise [(CON) n = 8, 21.9 ± 3.0 years; 20% 1RM]. Muscle biopsies [vastus lateralis (VL)] were obtained at baseline, 8 days into the intervention, and 3 and 10 days after cessation of the intervention to examine capillary and perivascular adaptations, as well as angiogenesis-related protein signaling and gene expression. Results: Capillary per myofiber and capillary area (CA) increased 21-24 and 25-34%, respectively, in response to BFRE (P < 0.05-0.01), while capillary density (CD) remained unchanged. Overall, these adaptations led to a consistent elevation (15-16%) in the capillary-to-muscle area ratio following BFRE (P < 0.05-0.01). In addition, evaluation of perivascular properties indicated thickening of the perivascular basal membrane following BFRE. No or only minor changes were observed in CON. Conclusion: This study is the first to show that short-term high-frequency, low-load BFRE can lead to microvascular adaptations (i.e., capillary neoformation and changes in morphology), which may contribute to the endurance effects previously documented with BFR training. The observation of perivascular membrane thickening suggests that high-frequency BFRE may be associated with significant vascular stress.
AB - Aim: Previous reports suggest that low-load muscle exercise performed under blood flow restriction (BFR) may lead to endurance adaptations. However, only few and conflicting results exist on the magnitude and timing of microvascular adaptations, overall indicating a lack of angiogenesis with BFR training. The present study, therefore, aimed to examine the effect of short-term high-frequency BFR training on human skeletal muscle vascularization. Methods: Participants completed 3 weeks of high-frequency (one to two daily sessions) training consisting of either BFR exercise [(BFRE) n = 10, 22.8 ± 2.3 years; 20% one-repetition maximum (1RM), 100 mmHg] performed to concentric failure or work-matched free-flow exercise [(CON) n = 8, 21.9 ± 3.0 years; 20% 1RM]. Muscle biopsies [vastus lateralis (VL)] were obtained at baseline, 8 days into the intervention, and 3 and 10 days after cessation of the intervention to examine capillary and perivascular adaptations, as well as angiogenesis-related protein signaling and gene expression. Results: Capillary per myofiber and capillary area (CA) increased 21-24 and 25-34%, respectively, in response to BFRE (P < 0.05-0.01), while capillary density (CD) remained unchanged. Overall, these adaptations led to a consistent elevation (15-16%) in the capillary-to-muscle area ratio following BFRE (P < 0.05-0.01). In addition, evaluation of perivascular properties indicated thickening of the perivascular basal membrane following BFRE. No or only minor changes were observed in CON. Conclusion: This study is the first to show that short-term high-frequency, low-load BFRE can lead to microvascular adaptations (i.e., capillary neoformation and changes in morphology), which may contribute to the endurance effects previously documented with BFR training. The observation of perivascular membrane thickening suggests that high-frequency BFRE may be associated with significant vascular stress.
U2 - 10.3389/fphys.2020.00556
DO - 10.3389/fphys.2020.00556
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 32595516
VL - 11
JO - Frontiers in Physiology
JF - Frontiers in Physiology
SN - 1664-042X
M1 - 556
ER -
ID: 262913247